Bogra

The Potter’s Community in Bogura

Every country has its own heritage crafts. While we may have many, from weaving authentic Jamdani to knitting bamboo baskets, very few people know about their history and traditions. Today, in this article we will be talking about one of our most talked about heritages: the art of pottery making and the village that stays awake in keeping our pottery heritages alive. The Bengali term for Pottery making is ‘mritshilpo’, which mostly specifies the maneuver of the craft: the soil of Bangladesh.

4 slit-throat bodies found in Bogra

Four slit-throat bodies are found at a paddy field in Shibganj upazila of Bogra. Locals saw the bodies on the paddy field at Atmul union in the morning and informed police.

Pry headmaster found dead in Bogra

The headmaster of a local Government Primary School is found dead at Dumuria village in Adamdighi upazila of Bogra.

Bogra passport officer stabbed

A passport official is allegedly stabbed by unknown people in broad daylight in Bogra town.

Bogra's Jewellery Village: Sparkling with self-reliance

Five kilometres from Bogra town is a village that gleams with copper and brass. The displays of handcrafted jewellery in Baropur

Jubo League man stabbed dead in Bogra

A local Jubo League activist is stabbed to death by some miscreants in Latifpur Colony area in Bogra town.

Bogra's Tufan, 12 others charged

Bogra police yesterday pressed charges against 13 people including Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, over the rape of a college

Teenager killed in Bogra by pumping air into rectum

A teenage boy has been brutally killed, allegedly by his co-worker who pumped air through the teen’s rectum in Kahalu upazila of Bogra.

Digging into past crimes of Tufan, Brothers / Charged with murder, blessed with impunity

Tufan Sarkar his three brothers and nine of their men, killed Imran at his home in Bogra town's Chaksutrapur Modhyapara area in

April 3, 2016
April 3, 2016

Post-poll violence: Injured Bogra Jubo League man dies

A Jubo League activist dies at a hospital, a day after he sustained injuries in a clash between supporters of victorious and defeated candidates in the union parishad elections in Sonatola upazila of Bogra yesterday.

April 3, 2016
April 3, 2016

Bogra Hindu man killed for protesting teasers

A man of Hindu community in Bogra’s Shahjahanpur upazila is stabbed to death after he stands up against hoodlums who were harassing girls.

March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016

Charges pressed against 60 Bogra BNP-Jamaat men

Police have press charges against 60 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in Bogra over torching of an office of Awami League in Dupchanchia during violence last year.

January 8, 2016
January 8, 2016

Post-polls violence leaves one dead in Bogra

A Sramik League man is killed in a clash between activists of Jatiya Party and Awami League in Santahar municipality under Adamdighi upazila of Bogra this afternoon.

November 28, 2015
November 28, 2015

3 remanded over Bogra gun attack

A Bogra court places three people in separate remands under police custody over the gun attack at a Shia mosque in the district that left one dead.

November 28, 2015
November 28, 2015

4 more detained over Bogra Shia mosque attack

Law enforcers, in an overnight drive, detain four more people for their alleged involvement in Thursday’s gun attack at a Shia mosque in Bogra that left one dead.

November 27, 2015
November 27, 2015

IS claims credit for Bogra Shia mosque attack: SITE

Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Bogra Shia mosque last night that killed one and injured three, US-based SITE Intelligence group says.

November 26, 2015
November 26, 2015

Muazzin killed, 3 injured in Bogra Shia mosque shooting

A devotee is killed and three others are injured as gunmen open fire entering a Shia mosque in Shibganj upazila of Bogra.

October 17, 2015
October 17, 2015

‘Robber’ hurt in Joypurhat ‘gunfight’ dies

An alleged robber, who was injured in a “gunfight”, in Joypurhat Sadar upazila, dies at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra.

September 28, 2015
September 28, 2015

Toxic gas kills 3 workers in Bogra

Two workers die after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning the chest house of a paper mill at Baromile of Kahaloo upazila in Bogra.